On 2011/09/15 17:54, Jim Scott so eloquently wrote:
Sounds as if you've got either a hard drive problem or a directory
problem, or most likely the latter caused by the former.
I would boot from the OS X install disk and run Disk Utility>First
Aid>Repair Disk until it has fixed everything or until it says it
can't fix it.
If Repair Disk fixes everything, then your machine should boot from
the hard drive. If it doesn't, then beg, borrow or buy a copy of
DiskWarrior that's appropriate for your version of OS X. DiskWarrior
is absolutely superb at fixing the type of problems you report.
If DiskWarrior doesn't fix the problem, then you very likely have a
failing hard drive, a not uncommon problem.
If it is indeed a failing HDD, shouldn't the first step be to back it up
before trying to repair the directory?
Tina
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